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Attorney General Martha Coakley easily captured the Democratic nomination yesterday and will face state Senator Scott P. Brown, who won the Republican nomination, in a Jan. 19 special election to fill the seat held for 47 years by the late Edward M. Kennedy.(By Matt Viser and Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)

Senate negotiators reached a tentative deal to drop a government-run plan from the health care overhaul bill and replace it with a patchwork of new ideas to help people get coverage.(By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)

The state House of Representatives has paid attorneys to represent the speaker’s office in a federal corruption investigation of former House speaker Salvatore DiMasi, records show. (By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)